An author discovered AI inserted fabricated 'synthetic quotes' into his published book, yet plans to continue using the technology. The incident highlights growing authenticity challenges in AI-assisted publishing.
IT capital expenditure has surged to a record share of S&P 500 spending as hyperscalers pour unprecedented sums into AI infrastructure, reshaping the economics of the entire tech sector and the compute foundation behind generative AI.
Microsoft's new Fara1.5 family of browser computer-use agents (4B/9B/27B) outperforms OpenAI Operator and Gemini 2.5 Computer Use on the Online-Mind2Web benchmark, marking a major step for open-weight web agents.
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As Grok struggles to keep pace with rivals, Musk is reportedly leveraging SpaceX's resources to bankroll xAI's bid to outcompete OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic — a high-stakes pivot with ripple effects across the AI ecosystem.
President Trump has postponed signing an AI security executive order, citing concerns about hindering American leadership in artificial intelligence development.
Spotify is testing a new Studio app whose AI agent produces a fresh, personalized podcast for each listener daily, expanding the platform's bet on synthetic audio and AI-generated voice content.
Spotify is rolling out AI-generated remixes through a licensing deal with Universal Music Group, marking a major step toward sanctioned synthetic music on a mainstream streaming platform.
Spotify has launched an AI-powered audiobook creation tool built on ElevenLabs' voice synthesis technology, giving authors access to 50+ synthetic narrator voices across 29 languages and reshaping the economics of audiobook production.
Spotify is introducing AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation tools for podcasts, letting listeners interrogate episodes and get synthesized summaries — another step toward generative audio reshaping how spoken content is consumed.
AI video generation is evolving past disposable 'clip slop' as companies like Luma chase Hollywood-grade coherence, longer durations, and narrative tools that could reshape how synthetic media is produced.
YouTube is extending its AI-powered likeness detection tool to all eligible adult creators, letting them find and request removal of deepfake videos that use their face or voice without consent.